Merry Fucking Christmas
It's a slow day, so I'll make two posts. I don't really hate Christmas (anymore), but man did this day really suck for me as a child. Nowadays, I can entertain myself with the Internet or cable, or better yet, travel on Christmas day when lines are short and tickets are cheap. 2 NFL games this afternoon/evening have helped pass the day as well.
When I was a young lad, I really hated on this day. We had no cable or Internet back in my family's house when I was growing up. Network TV was pathetic on Christmas Day. I always hated being Jewish on December 25th since I had no Jewish friends (there were not many Jews in the Plymouth-Canton area). I either played old-school Nintendo or read a book to get through a very slow day. The highlight of the day was when my good friend KRich would call me to tell me what presents he got from his family. I was able to live vicariously through a good friend of mine who obviously loved this holiday and got really cool gifts. It was really nice of him to think to call me on Christmas morning. He then ruined everything one year (circa 1990) when he called that morning to let me know that his parents were taking the whole family to the Rose Bowl and they were leaving the next day. In hindsight, that is a sweet surprise gift for the holidays for any Michigan fan, but if you take a step and look at it from my selfish point of view, I lost my best friend for the Christmas vacation. There would be no street hockey games that break. Poor Gary.
Of course I am not nearly as bitter about this holiday anymore. I no longer want to say 'Happy Chanukah' or 'Hail Jesus' when some stranger wishes me a Merry Christmas. I just say 'thanks' and smile. Given that at least 4 people at the airport said this to me today, that's probably a good thing. You think they would instruct airline workers to say Happy Holidays so that they don't risk offending non-Christians that don't want to be wished a Merry Christmas. Seriously, I bet that a large percentage of those who were at the airport today were not Christians and were just taking advantage of cheap airfare rates today.
I hope everyone has had a good holiday with your friends and family today. Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, etc...
When I was a young lad, I really hated on this day. We had no cable or Internet back in my family's house when I was growing up. Network TV was pathetic on Christmas Day. I always hated being Jewish on December 25th since I had no Jewish friends (there were not many Jews in the Plymouth-Canton area). I either played old-school Nintendo or read a book to get through a very slow day. The highlight of the day was when my good friend KRich would call me to tell me what presents he got from his family. I was able to live vicariously through a good friend of mine who obviously loved this holiday and got really cool gifts. It was really nice of him to think to call me on Christmas morning. He then ruined everything one year (circa 1990) when he called that morning to let me know that his parents were taking the whole family to the Rose Bowl and they were leaving the next day. In hindsight, that is a sweet surprise gift for the holidays for any Michigan fan, but if you take a step and look at it from my selfish point of view, I lost my best friend for the Christmas vacation. There would be no street hockey games that break. Poor Gary.
Of course I am not nearly as bitter about this holiday anymore. I no longer want to say 'Happy Chanukah' or 'Hail Jesus' when some stranger wishes me a Merry Christmas. I just say 'thanks' and smile. Given that at least 4 people at the airport said this to me today, that's probably a good thing. You think they would instruct airline workers to say Happy Holidays so that they don't risk offending non-Christians that don't want to be wished a Merry Christmas. Seriously, I bet that a large percentage of those who were at the airport today were not Christians and were just taking advantage of cheap airfare rates today.
I hope everyone has had a good holiday with your friends and family today. Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, etc...
posted by GaryGinew at 8:39 PM
1 Comments:
"hail Jesus"? wow. I'm almost speechless. Almost.
so should I shoot back angry emails to the jewish community at UM when they send me emails/fliars/etc. asking that I join them to break the fast on Yom Kippur?
because I don't. that would be disrespectful and intolerant of other people's beliefs, and as much as anyone would like to call me a "closed minded conservative/republican" i've at least learned that that sort of behavior isn't acceptable. and, it's just plain rude.
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